Low Prevalence of Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and Active Trachoma in the Western Division of Fiji.

• Main Authors: Colin K Macleod (Author), Robert Butcher (Author), Umesh Mudaliar (Author), Kinisimere Natutusau (Author), Alexandre L Pavluck (Author), Rebecca Willis (Author), Neal Alexander (Author), David C W Mabey (Author), Luisa Cikamatana (Author), Mike Kama (Author), Eric Rafai (Author), Chrissy H Roberts (Author), Anthony W Solomon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness and is caused by ocular infection with the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). While the majority of the global disease burden is found in sub-Saharan Africa, the Western Pacific Region has been identified as trachoma endemic. Popula...